any more on this? i've got a friend interested in one who's trying to learn illustrator. i stand by my Intuos, but her boss needs her to learn illustrator and won't cough up the scrilla and just buy her the right tools. she has to and then has to "prove" herself on it to make it so he'll even reimburse her for half.

any more on this? i've got a friend interested in one who's trying to learn illustrator. i stand by my Intuos, but her boss needs her to learn illustrator and won't cough up the scrilla and just buy her the right tools. she has to and then has to "prove" herself on it to make it so he'll even reimburse her for half.

A graphire will do fine for a beginner and they are pretty cheap... eBay has em' for dirt cheap

I have some crazy off brand (probably made on the other side of china from wacom) that statistically stands about even with the 8x6 bamboo and works great in illustrator. Would still like a wacom so I don't look so poor though.

Alright! I was planning on getting an Intuos 2, but saw the 8 x 5.5 Bamboo at the UT computer store for $175 and bought it. I was hoping for some function buttons, but whatever. I also bought the entire CS3 Adobe package for $340. Great discount